Recognised as Colour

#FAD821

#FAD821
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FAD821 is a yellow with RGB values 250, 216, 33 and HSL 51°, 96%, 55%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FAD821#FAD821

HEX#FAD821

RGBrgb(250, 216, 33)

RGB (0–1)0.9804, 0.8471, 0.1294

RGB percentages98%, 84.7%, 12.9%

HSLhsl(50.6, 95.6%, 55.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.6, 86.8%, 98%)

CMYK0%, 13.6%, 86.8%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,439,329

CSS custom property--colour: #FAD821;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69546WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness214.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.91:1

Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2

Inverted#0527DE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EFD300no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original

Deuteranopia#F8DE33no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FFC6B9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 5 Yellow · ΔE 23.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 24.7 Orange · ΔE 30.7 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 36.8 Khaki · ΔE 38.2

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 4.95, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#2143FA

Analogous#FA6B21, #B0FA21

Triadic#21FAD8, #D821FA

Split complementary#21AFFA, #6C21FA

Tetradic#21FA6B, #2143FA, #FA21AF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FEFBE9

Lighter +30%#FDF2B7

Lighter +20%#FCEA85

Lighter +10%#FBE153

Darker −10%#E3C005

Darker −20%#B19604

Darker −30%#7F6C03

Darker −40%#4D4102

More saturated +25%#FFDB1C

Less saturated −25%#DEC53D

Channel breakdown

R250

G216

B33

Red250 (98%)

Green216 (84.7%)

Blue33 (12.9%)

Hue50.6°

Saturation (HSL)95.59%

Lightness55.49%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FA · G D8 · B 21

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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